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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Off to Crimea in three or four weeks and need some travel advise. Author Post Mini Cooper Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/11/2009 11:37:29 PM   Hey All, I will be visiting Crimea (don't know which city yet) in 3 to 4 weeks and I need some advise on the best way to get there from Odessa (I assume Odessa would be the airport to fly into and not Kiev) I wish I had more information on the exact city in Crimea but we (my next victim) have just decided on the meeting. I hear there are trains (many hours of travel) taxies (around $300 usd) and even some ships will shuttle you from Odessa. Does anyone have any "constructive" information they could share with me? ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/11/2009 11:48:33 PM   I thought the trains were fun, even though they took many hours. We took a train from Kiev to Simferopol and then a taxi to Yalta. I let my gf negotiate the taxi ride. From Simferopol to Yalta was $30 USD. I saw in another thread that someone paid much more than that. On the way back from Yalta to Simferopol, we took a bus. I believe, that was 25 UAH a piece, although I don't really remember. My advice is let a Ukrainian negotiate the taxi ride and stay out of sight. Mini Cooper Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 12:07:05 AM   RB, Do you remember the cost (and travel time) from Kiev to Simferopol? I'm finding flights to Kiev are about $200 usd cheaper than flying into Odessa for some reason. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 12:55:12 AM   The train ride was 140 UAH. It was 14 hours. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 12:59:00 AM   Of course, this was the economy seats. It can be more expensive. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:07:43 AM   OK, Minicoop. I found my train ticket. It was 139.93 UAH. beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:10:03 AM   Mini...if I was you I would fly out of Kiev to Simferopol, it is quoted at $28+tax(?) and takes about 1.5 hours....I checked and found it $76 roundtrip...arrange taxi to take you to your city, be it sevastapol, yalta or alushta...........contact Chris, he is in sevastapol and can help you if needed.....good luck...I presume another sex-capade ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:15:04 AM   My budget was limited. I got pickpocketed. I hear Wizz Air is cheaper than Aerosvit. (wizzair.com) Good luck also. Keep us informed. beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:16:47 AM   >The train ride was 140 UAH. It was 14 hours. You must have taken the bullet train, it took me almost 10 hours to get from kiev to odessa. Was that 2nd class RB, I paid $30 for 2nd class but it was bought for me so real price was a little less. beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:19:27 AM   RB that is twice you were pickpocketed that I know of....you are marked guy, a foreigner seen from far away...I have never even been close to anything like that........ ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:28:23 AM   We could have taken the same train, depending on train routes. Odessa is closer to Kiev than Simferopol. I have the ticket in front of me, but it's in Russian. I can only understand the price of 139.93 UAH. It was bought for me also. My gf did not have patience waiting in line, so she paid 180 UAH for this. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 1:43:02 AM   No. I got pickpocketed once. It was before the train ride to Simferopol in Kiev. It was on a crowded subway. I remember getting pushed from behind. When I was going up the escalator from the subway, my camera and wallet were gone. I had to call the US to have someone send me a Moneygram to complete my trip. beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 2:00:25 AM   Rb...quoting in UAH only means something depending on the date, when I started this, it was 5.08 and has mostly gone up through the years, only recently has the foreign currencies make it a real bargain. No we would not have taken same train because mine ended odessa, literally the tracks end in odessa, only way out is reverse. You must have gone through nikolaev and kherson on way. Gee RB, you think odessa is closer to kiev than simferopol? :-)) So you have your train ticket in front of you RB?..how do you know it is in russian??? Mine is mostly in ukrainian! Sorry RB, I remember your story about being pickpocketed from before. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 2:11:30 AM   I'm looking at a map and Odessa is closer than Simferopol to Kiev. Like I said, it could depend on how tracks are laid out. I don't remember passing through Kherson, but I do remember Melitopol, Zaporozhye and Dnepropestrovsk. You got me there. I don't know whether it's Ukrainian or Russian. ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 2:18:02 AM   Nikolaev would be a place I would remember. We did not go through Nikolaev. beemer18 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 2:18:38 AM   RB...I was just kidding....odessa is 300 miles and simferopol is 413 miles from kiev............. didn't you see my smiles???? ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 2:29:02 AM   So, if you have the smiles, you are not telling the truth? How did you get the mileage? I have not been able to locate mileage, and measuring the map is not accurate. chrisc4 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 3:37:04 AM   Normally its cheaper to fly into Kiev than Odessa, If you fly via Turkish airlines you can fly directly into Simferopol, From Kiev wizz air are cheap if you book well in advance and dont have a lot of Luggage, There are no direct flights between Odessa and Simferopol this time of year ( very few in the summer ) the ferry's have not run for about 4 years now, the only way between Odessa and Simferopol is by bus or train both very cheap and takes around 12 hours ! Taxi used to be about $250 - $300 but will be a lot less due to the exchange rates now, compared to last summer everything is cheaper last July dollar was 4.6 Hrn ,now its 8.2 This time of year Yalta is very quite,nice place to go for a day or 2 and always expensive compared to anywhere else, Apts in Sevastopol are around $30 - $40 a night for a good one this time of year, Yalta a simular price, Simferopol is a run down dump road are bad drivers are bad even by Ukraine standards, and the road police are on a different planet ! If you can speak Russian and know how to haggle you should get a taxi to Yalta or Sevastopol for about $40,maybe slightly less if you fall lucky, ragingbull Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 4:25:17 AM   Jankoy. I was trying to remember that small town name. We passed by Jankoy. leonfromkherson Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 2/12/2009 5:08:32 AM   Hello Mini_cuper, if you will start from Kiev to Crimea you can fly to Simferopol (main Crimea airport, here is timetible http://info.airport.crimea.ua:8080/arr_en.htm). You can go from Kiev by train - http://www.poezda.net/en/route_timetable?st_from=2200000&st_to=2208530&forDate=, it is a train server. From Odessa to Crimea you can go by train Odessa Simferopol. (Franly speaking train shedule on Internet works very bad, I had problems with russian version, English version works desgusting.) You will need ask about train ticket in Odessa, after arriving. Also you can go to Crimea by bus, it will take about 10-12 years. If you will need taxi from Odessa, send me PM. Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Off to Crimea in three or four weeks and need some travel advise.
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